After he announced statewide mandatory water cuts on April 1, California Governor Jerry Brown was criticized for exempting farmers, who use 80 percent of California’s developed water supply. “They’re not watering their lawn or taking long showers,” Brown told ABC ...

America’s food supply is under threat because California is experiencing its worst drought in more than 1,000 years, scientists say. Scientists who study tree rings say California is facing its worst drought in 1,200 years, The San Jose Mercury News ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the use of a new insecticide, DuPont’s cyantraniliprole (CTP), despite concerns about it getting into the nation’s food supply and the fact that it’s highly toxic to hundreds — perhaps even thousands — ...

Every day, millions of Americans drive to the grocery store to purchase fruits and vegetables, rarely thinking where the produce came from or what they would do if it’s no longer available. That nightmare scenario, though, could happen far sooner ...

A ban on selling Chinese chicken in the United States has been proposed by a Change.org petition, and it’s getting lots of support. Concerns that chicken from the Asian country could soon make its way into the United States food ...

America’s food supply is in danger, and not just from Monsanto and GMO crops. The declining number of farmers in the United States has paved the way for more imports of consumables from China. A recent congressional hearing about the ...

Is a “food bubble” the next financial crisis on the horizon? Some of the same sinister forces that brought down stocks and housing seem to be aligning to push the price of food products into the danger zone for nations ...